Railway vehicle and brake assembly



June 20,y 1944. J. c."rRAv|L.| A, JR., ET Al. 2,352,139

RAILWAY VEHICLE AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY 5 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Oct. lO, 1941 June 20, 1944. '.J. C. TRAVILLA, JR., ETAL l 2,352,139

RAILWAY VEHICLE AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY Filed oct. 1o, 1941 5 sheets-'sheet 2 BY- EDWIN C. JACKSON June 2o, 1944.

J. c. TRAVILLA, JR., ET AL 2,352,139 RAILWAY VEHICLE AND BRAKE ASEMBLY Filed ot. 1o, 194i 5 sheets-sheet s F|G.5. lnuvfiN'ToFzs `JAMES C.TRAVH L A,JR.

BY EDWIN C. JACKSON ATTORNEY June 20, 1944- J. c. TRAVILLA, JR., ET AL 2,352,139

RAILWAY VEHICLE AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY 5.* S-heets-Slheet 4 Filed ot. 1o, 1941 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 .3.0i kw wl June 20, 1944.

.1. c. TRAVILLA, JR., ET Al.

RAILWAY VEHICLE AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY Filed Oct. 10 1941 f Patented June 20, 11944 UNI-TED STATES PATENT ',Q-FFlfC-EI-j"l assials'sf Y l 4 ,y RAILWAY VEHICLE AND'BRAKE AssElvmLy-V y' James C. Travma, Jr., rmilzwlelphie;y ramenaf; Edwin C. Jackson, Clayton, Mo., assignors to `General Steel Castings Corporation, Granite City, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application October 10, 1941, SerialNo. 414,440.

4 Claims. (Cl. 18S-46) The invention relates to the assembly of a railway vehicle underframe `with its running gear andY brake gear and is particularly adapted 'for use in heavily loadedvehicles, such as locomotive tenders, although not limited to such vehicles, in which a series of wheeled axles are journaled in the vehicle underfrarne and the latter require high capacity brakesin View of the -weight of the vehicle and-its load and the-invrailway rolling stock isbeing operated. v

creased speeds at `which One object of the invention is to provide adequate braking capacity for-a series of wheeled axles journaled thev underframe with f the .Wheels `of successive-,axles inxclose proximity vto 'on axles journaled in the'underframeyto increase the tender capacity, and 'to lower its center of gravity Without interfering with the mounting 'and operation of adequate brake gear.

These and other detailed objects of the invention as willappear from the following description "are attained by the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-.-

Figure 1 is a side view of a" substantial portion of a locomotive tender embodying Athe invention. Figure `2 is a top view of one side of one end Yof the underfrainey and brake gear, the same bevingsectioned in partA to more clearly illustrate` the structure, and isldrawn to a larger scale than Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 corresponds to Figure 2 but illustr-ates aportionof the underframe and associated parts spaced from that shown in Figure 2, part of the structure being illustrated in broken lines to more clearly illustrate the parts beneath.

Figures 5v and 9 are longitudinal vertical sec-I .tions taken on the corresponding section lines of Figure 4. v

YFigures 6 and 7 are vertical transverse sections taken on the corresponding section lines of- Fig- Figure 8f is va vertical sectionv taken on the corresponding section'lin'e of Figure 4.

Figure 10isatop View of one-half ofv they major portion of a vehicleunderframe with associated runninggear and brakege'ar and illustrating another orm of the invention'.

Figure 11. is a side ViewA of the'structureA shown in Figure 10. I l' f i f Figure 1.2 is a viewbf thedeft hand endcof the structure' shown in Figures ylomarid 11. u

- The structure illustratedinFigures 1 9. ,com- 4.prises the major portion of aI locomotive tender -underframe I :supported by a series of: .five

wheeled axles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, each mounting wheels 1v and including journals .provided with bearings in boxes which aresIidabIe'VerticalIy between" legs -9 of pedestal jawsforming integral `parts ofv theunderframe; Aseries of springs lIll and equalizers Il (Figure 3) are carried by the boxes and are secured to the underframe in-.lthe

jusualrmanner and ypreferably form a continuous equalizing spring system for each side of thepvehicle. I

The right hand end of the underframe `(not shown) may be supported upon aswiveling truck suchas is well known'infthe art and formsno part of' the present invention.

Thisl general arrangement of an underframe mounted upon a series .of Wheeledaxles journaled in theA underframev and. upon a swiveling truck is more fully detailed and described in an earlier applicationof the present inventors led February 21, 1938, Serial N 1`91",\674,'Patent No. 2274,'-

The present underframe'comprises a one-piece casting which includes, a horizontally disposed web forming the bottom ofthe tender tank. The central portion I2 of theA web extends between vthe wheels at opposite sides of the vehicle at a substantially lower level than the topsof the wheels and approaches the axles. The side portions I3 of the web extend outwardlyabove the level of the tops of the wheels. AWeb portions I2 and I3 merge in anjintermediate vertical web I4.

The outer sides of portions '13"'terminat in upright and horizontal elements I5 andV I6 to form side sills for the underframeA to which arey secured, asv by welding orriveting; upright plates "I1 forming 'the major "portion ofthe sides of the V tender tank.

The underframe includes a box section endsill I8v anda plurality of transverse vertical webs forming box section transoms I9, 20,' 2|,"22', 2,3 and 2li; and 'these transonisextendv laterally of the vehicle beyonclflongitudinal-'lvertical-webs t4.

ing each other adjacent each wheel, are connect-v ed intermediate their ends andare supported by a. rod 33 slidable in brackets 34 secured to the underframe (Figures '7 and 9).

Preferably the wheels at the corresponding ends of axles 2, 3 and 4 are provided with a single brake system and the wheels at the corresponding ends of axles 5 and 6 are provided with a separate brake system. vThe upper ends of adjacent levers .between axles2, 3 and-4 are connected by rods 35 extending `through apertures A'inavertical webs of transoms 28 and 2i.

At vthe left hand end ofthe vehicle` (Figures 2 and 3) a power device,-herefindicated asa fluid pressure ,cylinder 36, is mounted on the underside of the underframe adjacent to end sill I8, and its piston rod 31 is pivotally connected to the outer end of .a horizontally disposed power lever 38 `whichextends throughslots S in the adjacent vertical Webs of ,the underframe and which lisiulcrumed at 39 to an automatic slackv adjustor-48 mounted on cross transom 19.

.A rod`4| is securedv to the other end of lever 38 and extends through openings P in the vertical webs Yof transom. I9and is connected to the -upper end vof adjacent brake lever'32.v The brake -Vlever 32, at the 'opposite end of the intercomnectedv series of levers forthe brakes of the wheels on thethree axles 2, 3 and r4, is adead lever' fulcrur'ned to a suitable bracket 42 (Figure 1) on the underframe.

- Another fpower device 43 (Figures 4 and 5) is securedl to'- the underside* of the underframey labreast ofthe rightlliandfaxle 6 and its piston rod l44 Vis connected to one end oi a power lever -45 fulcrumed at` 46 toL the underframe. "iA-'rod 41, provided with a slack adjustor 48, connects lever v45 and one end of a lever 49 Afulcrumedat 50 to brackets 5l on transom 24, "and the opposite end of the lever is connected 'by' a rod' 52 to the adjacent brake lever `32.- The brake lever 32, at the opposite' end of the interconnected series ofv levers for the brakes of the wheels on the' two axles 5l and 6, is a dead lever rulcrumed'toasmtame bracket 53 (Figure 1) "nfthe underframe. A

Transoms'23 Vand 24. are apertured to accommdate lever 45 and connecting rod 52, a's clearly .IShOV-V'I in Figure 4.

kIt will be understood that` the lwheel, brake, 4interconnected leversand power device arrangement shown is duplicated at the opposite side of fthe vehicle and that each brake system is operatedindependently' of the vother brake systems except as'brake beams 29, extending transversely of the vehicle, connect the opposite brake sys- "tems. However, these brake beams do not transvfer any appreciable pull from one power device to the brakes atV the opposite side 'of the vehicle.

The brakes may be provided with safety defvices, "guides, release springs ,and other asso- Aelated'parts in general use asis well understood in the art but omitted from the drawings as they form no part of the present invention.

The construction of the underframe provides for a central portion extending to a lower level than would be practical if the brake gear were carried along the center of the underframe, or if it were necessary to extend operating levers between braking elements applied to wheels at opposite sides of the vehicle when the axles are journaled in the underframe. The vertical off- 3 setting of the bottom of the underframe provides As indicated, the` underframe 68 is provided `with rigid depending@ pedestal legs 6I slidably receiving between them the :journal boxes 6,2 mounted on the axles 63 and supporting `the underframe by a spring equalizing system (not shown) as indicated in Figure 3.

Brake beams 64, brake levers 65Vand connect- 4ing rods 66 and 61 correspond to the similar parts previously described.

1A single power device 68 is lsecured to thel'eit adjustor 12 -and'a rod -13 which extends through the left hand transom 11.V The brake lever 65' at the other end of the system is connected by arod 18, extending through transom19, to one end of a horizontally disposed lever 14 fulcrurnedto the underframe at 'I5 with its other end connected to aslack`adjustor'16. i l y' .t In-this construction a substantial'por-tion of the brake gear is received "in: the downwardly 'and outwardly opening recess provided in Vthe underframe at the side of the :deepened central portion and beneath the shallower side portion, thus'securing the general objectives Yand possessing the advantages previously 'referred to. 7 It will be understoodv that the arrangement'of the parts and the'details of construction may be varied substantially otherwisel thanas described by those skilled inthe art without departinglfrom 'the spirit of the invention, an'd `theexclusive.use of such modiiications as come within the scopeiof l som, axles journaled in said pedestal jaws,wheels on said axles, brake gear `for said wheels includ- .ing brake shoes, -a leverl connected to said shoes 'andwextending upwardly above Jthe leveloffthe bottom of said transom at the same side `of fsaid ltransom as said pedestals, andY a Apower:.device mounted on said underframe at the other sidegof said transom, there being a connection between said lever and power device and extending through said transom.

2. In a railway vehicle, an underirarne having vertical webs extending transversely and longitudinally of the vehicle and having depending pedestal jaws, axles journaled in said pedestal jaws, wheels on said axles, the wheels of successiv'e axles being in close proximity to each other, clasp brake gear for said wheels including brake shoes for engaging said wheels, and a lever connected to said shoes and extending upwardly above the level of the bottom of said vertically disposed webs at one side thereof, and a power device mounted on said underfraine at the other side of said webs, there being members connecting said power device and the upper end of said lever and extending horizontally through said transversely and longitudinally extending webs.

3. In a railway Vehicle, a series of axles with wheels, journal boxes on said axles, a rigid underframe forming a tank bottom between wheels at opposite sides of the vehicle and extending substantially from end to end of the Vehicle and having pedestals receiving said boxes, clasp brake gear for the wheels at one side of the vehicle and including,r brake shoes for engaging the wheels, means interconnecting said brake shoes,

and a power device operatively connected to said interconnected brake shoes, said brake shoes, supports and device being in substantial alignment longitudinally of the vehicle and carried by the underframe inwardly of the ends of the underframe and of the adjacent side of the underframe.

4. In a railway vehicle having a series of axles and wheels and a rigid underframe carried on the axles and provided with depending pedestals in which the axles are journaled and including tank wall forming portions extending from side to side of the vehicle over and beyond said wheels and with a depressed central portion below the level of the tops 'of the wheels, brakes for wheels at one side of the vehicle including shoesr arranged for application to the wheels, levers and connection rods for actuating the shoes, a power device between the end of the underframe and an adjacent wheel, and means operatively connecting the power device to said levers, said shoes, levers, power device and means being in substantial alignment longitudinally of the vehicle and carried by the frame inwardly from the ends and the adjacent side thereof.

' JAMES C. TRAVILLA, JR.

EDWIN C. JACKSON. 

